Supporters say such a large, complex security apparatus is needed to thwart a repeat of Sept. 11, 2001

(National Sentinel) Security State: The U.S. national security apparatus grew so large after World War II that when President Dwight D. Eisenhower was set to leave office, he warned Americans about the growing power of “the military-industrial complex.”

That was January 1961, during Ike’s farewell address. The man who led America and her allies to victory over Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and Imperial Japan had witnessed the exponential growth of the U.S. security state, which was locked in a Cold War with the Soviet Union.

The ‘complex’ and the national security apparatus firmly attached to it has only gotten bigger and more powerful since, and especially following the 9/11 attacks.

It is so large now and sucks up so many resources that the two congressional committees charged with oversight of national security agencies have had to hire scores of ex-spies and spooks, just so they can keep abreast of everything that’s really going on within the 17 designated intelligence agencies.

Lawmakers assigned to oversee the sprawling U.S. intelligence apparatus rely strongly on a staff that in recent years has included scores of onetime spooks, analysts and lawyers who previously worked at the spy agencies under scrutiny.

According to a comprehensive analysis by McClatchy, at least one-third, and perhaps far more, of the professional staff members who carry out the work of the House and Senate intelligence committees are themselves veterans of the agencies that the two panels oversee.

That reliance raises questions about how effectively the two oversight committees carry out supervision of a swelling intelligence empire that now employs some 107,000 people with a combined budget projected to reach $78.4 billion next year.

Supporters say such a large, complex security apparatus is needed to thwart a repeat of Sept. 11, 2001. So far, such an attack has not been repeated.

But in the interim we’ve had scandal after scandal involving spying on American citizens by the NSA, FBI and other agencies, as well as politicization of the security state by former President Obama, who misused it to undermine the campaign of then-GOP nominee Donald J. Trump. Some say the security state — the Deep State — is continuing to undermine Trump even today.

And there is this, as McClatchy notes further:

In other areas of government, watchdog groups are legion. But the intelligence agencies operate with limited oversight, run on a long leash and pay for operations from budgets unconstrained by external audits, making it dfifficult to identify and rein in ineffective programs or outright misconduct. The task of spotting fraud, waste and abuse (never mind misplaced priorities) is challenging at best, if not impossible.

“If you look at defense programs, there are all kinds of civil society groups that look for inefficiencies or waste or bad ideas and can shine some light on those inefficiencies,” said Larry Hanauer, a security expert who served on the staff of the House intelligence panel from 2005 to 2010. “There are no such entities that can do that when it comes to intelligence programs.”

While waste and fraud are important, the fact is most Americans are more concerned with a security state that infringes on their ever-shrinking privacy and due process rights. Seeing what the Deep State has managed to do to a duly elected president leaves average citizens feeling small and completely powerless.

The two oversight committees, known formally as the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), came into being after revelations in the 1970s that subsequent presidential administrations had been using the intelligence community for political purposes (kind of like Obama did throughout most of his tenure).

Since they’ve been formed, the security state has only gotten larger — and more powerful — and, as evidenced by Obama’s behavior and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s revelations, harder to ‘oversee.’

Now here’s the really bad news: Don’t expect oversight of the U.S. security state to improve anytime soon. Budgets will grow, the numbers of employees will grow, capabilities will grow, and so, too, will the secrecy.

National security must be conducted out of the public eye; intelligence has to be limited to specific persons because that helps keep it safe from nation-state competitors who wish to harm our country. But the fact is, the security state apparatus has far outgrown Congress’ ability to keep adequate tabs on it.

“Supporters say such a large, complex security apparatus is needed to thwart a repeat of Sept. 11, 2001. So far, such an attack has not been repeated.” This is because a Bush is no longer in the white House.

This is because 911 was orchestrated by the you-know-whos. It served a purpose, It was and is still part of an agenda that is ongoing and was designed as a launching pad event for the genesis of a giant umbrella of global surveillance and control. Until the enemy of mankind is obliterated, then we all must face the hell of our inaction, or as the old saying goes “YOU DESERVE WHAT YOU TOLERATE.”

We need the goverment to keep us safe from them.
The big brother proctoligist of mankind. I pass gas 1 to two times a day who do I report to.
Where is all the money from the Pentagon that went missing ,puff we can’t find It?
Oh yeah we need to take your ssi benefits, Pentagon needs it.
In the meantime we will pit everyone against each other with false flags from big brother.
So while we bailout our elite friends and do a little sprint cooking just take your vaccinations, eat your groceries foods and get on your female trains ok sheeple!